Sewerage
system:The current sewerage
system covers only 60% of the city and suffers from frequent
problems of choking and over-flowing. The system is divided into
three zones – north, south and central. The situation is worse in
the north zone. Pumping and treatment facilities are grossly
inadequate; out of 235 MLD, only 100 MLD is collected and treated.
Less than 50% of the sewage is collected, which is disposed into the
rivers without any treatment.

Storm Water
Drainage:The city’s natural
drainage pattern is excellent, with suitable topography and a
natural gradient. There are two major natural streams – Nag and
Pilli and several connecting nallahs running across the city.
Currently, only 30-35% of the roads have storm water drains. These
also carry sewage and hence often get choked and flooded.

Solid Waste Management:
The collection levels of solid waste are good.
75% of the waste is collected through door-to-door collection
services under a NGO–NMC partnership initiative. Contracts for road
sweeping have also been given out to NGOs and private agencies.
Overall, citizens are satisfied with collection services and
cleanliness levels.

Roads &
Public Transport:The Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP)
revolutionised the roads in the city, which now enjoy an excellent
status, in terms of both coverage and quality. Vehicle ownership is
quite high; there are 4.6 lakhs registered vehicles and 280 are
being added every day. But the corresponding infrastructure in terms
of parking facilities is highly inadequate. Also, the road
conditions being excellent, the average travel speed is quite high
at 25 km. per hour making road safety a cause of concern.
Considering the population and spread of the city, the public
transportation system is highly inadequate.

Capital
Investment Plan:The total estimated capital investment required
for providing efficient services to the present and future
population of NMC by the year 2011-12 is Rs. 5894 crores (at current
prices). More than 70% of the investments proposed under the CIP are
dedicated to the sectors of MRTS and traffic management, slum
development/housing, and roads and bridges. The water and sewerage
sectors have been allocated 10% and 8.7% respectively of the total
investment.

Progress
under JNNURM

The
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), as a
reform linked investment program, provides an opportunity to the
Municipal Corporation to fill the increasing gap between existing
and desired service deliveries. The city was also the recipient
of ‘
BestPerformingCity under JnNURM’ award in
2008 from GoI. With a focus on addressing these issues on
priority, total 17 projects have been approved out of this 12
projects have been proposed under water supply by NMC under JNNURM.
The projects are mainly address issues related to augmentation,
energy and water audits and recycle and reuse of waste water. The
projects are mentioned below:

Salient Features of
the Project: The project proposed
under the energy audit study aimed at reducing the energy cost to
NMC by inefficient pumping machinery & system improvement with
Public Private Participation in project cost. The total connected
load is about 17 MW & working pump load of 10 MW. Before the
study, the annual energy consumption was of appx. 78 million units
with energy bill of Rs. 210 million for major pumping stations with
specific energy consumption of 450 kWh / Ml of treated water with
energy cost of Rs. 1200/Ml @ Rs.
2.70/kWH.

The project was
sanctioned in 1st CSMC meeting held on 21st
March 2006 with approved cost of Rs. 2503.62.77 Lakhs and committed
duration of 30months.

The main features of the
project are given below:

Saving
in energy consumption

Replacement
of inefficient pumping machinery

Recycle
of water

PPP
in municipal project

Energy
Efficiency Monitoring System

To
help equitable distribution of water in all regions by installing
“Central Monitoring System” for real time data recording, storing,
monitoring for flow, pressure, level, energy etc.

Implementation process:

The project was
sanctioned on 21st March, 2006 and its duration was
2 years. The actual date of completion of the project was
31st July, 2009. The mode of the project was EPC in
6 packages & PPP in 2 tender packages namely:

It was observed that the fund release
to project account and the end payment to contractors were
regular. There was no delay in release to project account as
well as making payments that means no funds scarcity. Nagpur
Municipal Corporation appointed a PMC in
Nagpur
to assist in the smooth implementation of the
project.

The
completed project cost is Rs. 2879.230 Lacs which includes PPP
share Rs. 379.110 Lacs and there was no escalation of project
cost. The O&M expenses cost
for next five years will be Rs.
711.16 Lakhs including supply, installation,
commissioning and comprehensive operation and maintenance
for a period
of five years after one year warranty period.

Initiatives
Implemented :

NMC has conducted the
energy audit for entire water system including Pumping system.

A] The
energy conservation potential for NMC has been identified and
divided into three broad categories. duction of static and frictional head. Action
plan was prepared to reduce the system head for pumping by 11 mtr
from original 60 mtr pumping head has resulted in to 20% saving in
energy cost for pumping of 136 Mld.

B] Improvement in pumping system efficiency by
replacement of ageing inefficient pumps with better efficient pump
and improvement in existing pumping machinery to operate at Best
efficiency point (BEP). It includes replacement of the 40 numbers of
pumps. The selection of pumps was done by present value of pumping
cost (Capital cost + Energy cost + spares cost) for the period of 10
years. It resulted in to selection of best efficient pumps. The
15-25% savings are started from implemented project.

C] Effective control & remote monitoring
system to operate pumping system at prescribed efficiency level by
implementation of automation/ instrumentation & SCADA system for
Nagpur water Supply &
Distribution System.

D] System improvement / up-gradation to
reduce the losses in the system.